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Home Office 'fitter for purpose'
Progress has been made in the way the Home Office is run since it was described as "not fit for purpose" in 2006, a committee of MPs says.
All that glitters
Spectacular new display of India's past royal glories
Pakistan holds Iran border guards
Up to eleven Iranians are detained in Pakistan for illegally entering the country, Pakistani police say.
Bear facts
They hum when happy, and "flutter" as they mate
Hacker's extradition put on hold
Home Secretary Alan Johnson says he has "stopped the clock" on moves to extradite Gary McKinnon to the US.
Leisure centre 'junk food' alert
Vending machines stocked with unhealthy snacks in leisure centres run the risk of fuelling childhood obesity, warn experts.
Gurkha pension case reaches court
Campaigners representing retired Gurkhas are going to the High Court later in a battle over their pensions.
McDonald's pulls out of Iceland
McDonald's is to close its business in Iceland because the country's financial crisis has made it too expensive to operate.
Castro's sister 'spied for CIA'
A sister of Cuba's former long-time leader, Fidel Castro, admits spying for the CIA for three years in the 1960s
Call to act on maternal mortality
Health ministers from around the world say swift action must be taken to reduce global maternal mortality rates.
Obama vows no rush on Afghanistan
US President Barack Obama says he will not be rushed as he considers whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan.
Zimbabwe talks end 'without deal'
Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai ends talks on power-sharing with President Robert Mugabe with no agreement, his spokesman says.
Honour case mother denies killing
The mother of an alleged "honour killing" victim denies, in the witness box, that it was she who killed her daughter.
Lost pilots 'were using laptops'
Two US pilots who overshot their destination by 150 miles tell investigators they were using their personal laptops.
Afghan rivals row over poll chief
Afghan leader Hamid Karzai rejects calls by his presidential rival to sack the chief of the country's election commission.
On the hunt
Beginning the search for the Baghdad bombers
Day in pictures
Some striking images from around the world
German on trial for Muslim murder
The husband of a pregnant Egyptian woman killed in a German court tells how she was stabbed in front of him.
Berlusconi faces early tax trial
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is to go back on trial for tax fraud now that his immunity from prosecution has been lifted.
Ministers retreat on territorials
Ministers scale back planned cuts to the training of the Territorial Army after fierce criticism from the opposition.
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